Your passport and driver’s licence or birth certificate, academic transcript and qualification must be certified by a person of suitable authority from your local community or country. We cannot accept your documents if they are not certified appropriately.

The people who can certify your documents:

• A Lawyer
• A Notary Public
• A Justice of the Peace
• A Commissioner of Oaths
• A Court Registrar or Deputy Registrar
• A Member of Staff at a New Zealand Embassy

The authorised person must note on the copied document:

1. “Certified true copy”
2. His/her authority
3. His/her name
4. His/her signature
5. His/her official stamp
6. Certification must be done in English for it to be accepted

Click here to download a document with all above information.